CBS Fall Annotated

[Mark Jeffries]

Sorry to hear Kimmel still has COVID.

From Variety, you know the rest:

MONDAY:

8:00--The Neighborhood

8:30--Bob Hearts Abishola (one of only two Chuck Lorre series left)

9:00--NCIS

10:00--NCIS Hawaii

TUESDAY IS DICK WOLF NIGHT:

8:00--FBI

9:00--FBI International

10:00--FBI Most Wanted

WEDNESDAY:

8:00--Survivor

9:00--The Amazing Race

10:00--THE REAL LOVE BOAT--As posted earlier, it's a dating show set on an actual Princess Cruise line ship (like the original series).  No hosts announced yet and I wonder if a laugh track will be put on.  From recently-acquired by Fremantle Eureka ("Holy Moley") from Paramount Global IP.

THURSDAY:

8:00--Young Sheldon

8:30--Ghosts (new time)

9:00--SO HELP ME TODD--It sounds like a sitcom, but actually it's a legal drama about the scruffy title investigator (Skyler Astin) working for his attorney mom (Marcia Gay Harden).  She's going to try to straighten him out, but probably not.  Oh no, Dr. Phil's a producer of this in-house.

10:00--CSI Vegas (new time, Billy Petersen's not coming back)

FRIDAY:

8:00--SWAT (new time)

9:00--FIRE COUNTRY--Drama about a prison release firefighting program in northern California wildfire country.  Jerry Bruckheimer is a producer on this in-house.

10:00--Blue Bloods

SATURDAY:

8:00--Reruns

10:00--48 Hours

SUNDAY:

7:00--60 Minutes

8:00--The Equalizer

9:00--EAST NEW YORK--What looks like a cop show for a "Defund the Police" world, this show is set in a gentrifying Brooklyn precinct and follows the diverse people assigned there.  An ensemble cast includes Jimmy Smits, Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Richard Kind.  CBS says "from an executive producer of 'NYPD Blue,'" but Bochco is dead.  From Warners.

10:00--NCIS LA (new time)

The rest will be in a separate post, thanks to two instances of accidental deletion.

[Mark Jeffries]

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In mid-season, there'll be the new TV version of "True Lies," with Steve Howey playing the Ahnld role.  James Cameron's listed as a producer, but I think he's got all those "Avatar" movies to make.  From Disney's 20th.

Also mid-season or sooner in the unscripted front will be "Super Fan," where contestants are tested on their knowledge of a music star and said star shows up to do a song or two (bookings include Gloria Estefan, CBS star LL Cool J, Shania Twain and Pitbull, papi).  CBS NFL analyst and "Mornings" host Nate Burleson hosts with Keltie Knight of "ET."  In addition, there's the reboot of "Lingo" with your host RuPaul, which will shoot on the set of the UK version in Manchester suburb Salford (RuPaul is also hosting a prime time celebrity edition of the UK version on ITV, which must piss off regular host Adil Ray).  They will both join returning "Tough as Nails" and "Secret Celebrity Renovation" on the docket.

And CBS is getting back into the made-for-TV business, unfortunately with three Hallmark Channel-ly Christmas movies, one produced by Sheryl Crow, another starring "Talk" co-host Amanda Kloots.

Tomorrow--see The CW shrink before your very eyes!

[M-D November]

For the record, Dick Wolf now has three full nights of prime time programming across 2 networks (FBI on CBS, L&O & Chicago on NBC). Two more and he gets a free sandwich at the NBC Commissary.

[Brad Beam]

Five more shows, and the CW will just hand him the keys.

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For the record, Dick Wolf now has three full nights of prime time programming across 2 networks (FBI on CBS, L&O & Chicago on NBC). Two more and he gets a free sandwich at the NBC Commissary.

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On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 9:30 AM M-D November <mdnov...@gmail.com> wrote:

For the record, Dick Wolf now has three full nights of prime time programming across 2 networks (FBI on CBS, L&O & Chicago on NBC). Two more and he gets a free sandwich at the NBC Commissary.

Three more and he gets two free sandwiches. 

Seriously, all those shows, and none of them watchable 

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Diner]

I still watch L&O (original flavor) and L&O: Organized Crime. The current L&O cast is really good, and the energy they're bringing to their roles has really refreshed the franchise. Anthony Anderson's Detective Bernard was rather nondescript on the old series, but now he's playing the role with a take-no-crap attitude, seething at every little micro-aggression from the witnesses he interviews, and even from his unenlightened partner (Jeffrey Donovan).  

As for Organized Crime, I still like it, though it doesn't work as well without a love-to-hate villain like Dylan McDermott. (Turning McDermott from a mob boss into a Bond villain out to destroy the city was way over the top.) And I get a kick out of Ainsley Seiger as Sloot. 

I watched "FBI" a few times when a friend guest starred, but it was really a chore. The formula already seemed worn out the first time I watched. 

[PGage]

I’m rather the opposite. I found the new L&O to be unwatchable, and evidencing everything that I despise about Wolf. OTOH, FBI is the only non-sports or reality show I watch on broadcast television (though of course I watch it without ads on P+). Yes it is a tired formula, and the acting is wooden. The rumors that I mostly watch it due to a decades long infatuation with Alana de la Garza are FAKE NEWS.

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